A New York Times story about a fake news story about buses in Austin went viral on the internet.

Types of False and Misleading News

Fake/Hoax News - news that is fabricated with the intention of misleading or confusing readers - Source: abcnews.go.co

Misleading News - news stories that report quotes, images, statistics out of context, some of these stories can be old stories that are re-reported with a new misleading headline - Source: snopes.com

Satire - fake and ironic news stories that are intended to be funny or entertaining. Examples: The Onion, The Borowitz Report - Source: onion.com

Mimic Websites - fake news websites that mimic the look of trusted news sources in order to fool readers into thinking a story is real - Sources: abcnews.go.co and abcnews.go.com

Alternative/Alternate Facts - A different interpretation of facts, usually derived from a misinterpretation of reports or by focusing only on a subset of the available information

Clickbait - news that is promoted with dramatic or misleading headlines that do not reflect the content of the actual story - Source: buzzfeed.com

Types of Fake News

What is Fake News?
According to the fact-checking website, Politifact, "Fake news is made-up stuff, masterfully manipulated to look like credible journalistic reports that are easily spread online to large audiences willing to believe the fictions and spread the word."

Types of Fake News

Fake/Hoax News - news that is fabricated with the intention of misleading or confusing readers

Misleading News - news stories that report quotes, images, statistics out of context, some of these stories can be old stories that are re-reported with a new misleading headline

Mimic Websites - fake news websites that mimic the look of trusted news sources in order to fool readers into thinking a story is real

Satire - fake and ironic news stories that are intended to be funny or entertaining. Examples: The Onion, The Borowitz Report

Clickbait - news that is promoted with dramatic or misleading headlines that do not reflect the content of the actual story

Alternative/Alternate Facts - A different interpretation of facts, usually derived from a misinterpretation of reports or by focusing only on a subset of the available information